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145: David Alan Part 2
Marketing Intel – Your Ticket to all of the Answers
What prompted Horovitz Rudoy and Roteman, Pittsburgh’s 12th-largest accounting firm, to change its name? Marketing Intel.
The company decided to conduct Marketing Intel to learn what current clients, past clients, referral sources, employees and others thought about the company. The results were astonishing and lead the company to change its name to reflect the sentiment.
David Alan part 2
Dave and David connect in this episode over the leadership of powerful CEOs and how something as simple as flying coach can drive a team to work harder for their leaders.
David relies on podcasts to keep him driven. Nathan Chan – Foundr Magazine Podcast and Andy Frisella – The MFCEO Project he suggests as modern mentors for him. While driving to and from sales calls in his early 20s he made time to study entrepreneurship by listening in his car.
Google Drive keeps David on task and Tim Ferriss’ new book Tools of Titans brings to light routines and habits of successful entrepreneurs.
About David
David graduated from Duquesne University with a degree in marketing and sports marketing. After graduating Alan had a job as a medical device salesman while developing The Proper Knot. His skills extend beyond necktie accessories as he now styles some of WWE’s biggest superstars under his company David Alan Clothing. David lives in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Mt. Washington and can frequently be found working along with other driven entrepreneurs whom he offers growing-pain advice to at his local coffee shop.
Connect with David on LinkedIn.
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